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261. Harley MS 211

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 211
Title:
Pastoral manual
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–3v: Versicles and psalms, ‘Hic incipiunt quindecim psalmi.’ ff. 3v–15v: ‘Matutine beate uirginis marie per totum annum.’ ff. 16r–18r: ‘Ad completorium.’ f. 18r: Invocation of the Trinity, ‘Deus pater in primo folio ✠ deus filius in secundo filio ✠ deus spiritus sanctus in tercio folio ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
Early 13th century-Early 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

262. Harley MS 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 212
Title:
`Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d'outre mer
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the popular 14th-century text Voyage d'outre mer by the supposed author 'Sir John Mandeville', commonly known as 'The Travels of Sir John Mandeville'. This 15th-century copy of the text belongs to group A of the so-called 'vulgate or insular version'. Contents: ff. 1r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century - 1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

263. Harley MS 213

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 213
Title:
Alcuin, Expositio in Ecclesiasten with prologue by Alcuin; Alcuin, Carmina lxxvi; Pseudo-Alcuin, Vox ecclesie (a commentary on the Song of Songs); Augustine's homily De disciplina Christiana; Anonymous, Homily (extracts from Gregory homiliae .xl. in Evangelia)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-3v: Alcuin, Prologue to the Expositio in Ecclesiasten. ff. 4r-99r: Alcuin, Expositio in Ecclesiasten. Chapter 3 ends on the middle of f. 30v. Five underlined lined linked to Chapter 3 at the beginning of chapter 4 (f. 31r). Chapter 7 ends imperfectly on f. 57r (f. 57 remains b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 9th century
Extent:

1 volume

264. Harley MS 215

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 215
Title:
Thomas Becket, Epistolae; a legend of the body of St Thomas the Apostle; Hrabanus Maurus, Cena Cypriani; Alan of Tewkesbury, Vita Sancti Thome Cantuariensis; The Gospel of Nichodemus; Northern Passion (fragment)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-106v: Thomas Becket, Epistolae, beginning ‘Desiderio desideravi videre faciem vestram’. ff. 106v-197r: A legend of the body of St Thomas the Apostle, beginning 'Thomas apostolus Ihesu Christi in ulteriori india sedens in hoc modi admirabili cathedra’. ff. 107r-113v: Hraban...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

265. Harley MS 216

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 216
Title:
Collection of numismatic and heraldic texts
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-236v: A numismatical work, recording coins in Belgium from 1500-1600. The manuscript contains several additions: f. 1*recto: Sayings in Latin and Greek, beginning 'Nummus vincit, nummus regnat, nummus imperat universis', added in the 17th century by 'Robert Appletont'. f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 volume

266. Harley MS 217

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 217
Title:
Meditationes uitae Christi; Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r–156r: Meditationes uitae Christi. ff. 156v–160v: Hugh of Saint-Victor, De laude caritatis. Decoration: Numerous large initials in blue. Text initials with some penwork decoration (ff. 2-109). Descenders and ascenders of letters alongside the writing frame often with penwork ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter 14th century-1st quarter 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

267. Harley MS 218

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 218
Title:
Collection of scientific, historical, and theological works, including Johann Lichtenberger, Prognosticatio; Pseudo-Aristotele, Problemata; John Lydgate, Testament; Meditations on the Supper; Honorius of Autun, Imago Mundi; Sextus Aurelius Victor, De viris illustribus; Jerome of Hereford's predictions for 1472; Commentary on the Ten Commandments; Treatise on the Computus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany consisting of eight different parts that were produced at different times. Parts 1 (ff. 2-49), 2 (ff. 50-51), and 5 (ff. 122-146) were all printed in the late 15th century. Part 3 (ff. 52-103) and 6 (ff. 147-158) were written by different 15th-century ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item

268. Harley MS 219

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 219
Title:
Odo of Cheriton, Fabulae; a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum; Libre du gouvernement des roys et des princes, an anonymous French translation of the Secretum Secretorum; Christine de Pizan, Épistre de Othéa a Hector; glossary of terms in French, Latin, and Middle English
Scope & Content:
This manuscript is a composite miscellany, made up of three parts (ff. 1-79; ff. 80-105 plus blanks; and ff. 106-153). It contains copies of the Fabulae (Fables) of the English preacher Odo of Cheriton (b. 1180/90, d. 1256/7), a selection of tales from the Gesta Romanorum (Deeds of the Romans), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

269. Harley MS 220

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 220
Title:
Miscellany of canon law, historical and pastoral works
Scope & Content:
f. 1r–v: ‘De materia oblationum’. f. 2r: Verses on the monarchs of England. ff. 2v–3r: Added table of contents and incipit to the constitutions of the Exeter synod. ff. 4r–48v: Constitutiones of bishop Peter Quivil at the 1287 Exeter synod. ff. 49r–58v: ‘Summula Sinodi Exoniensis diocesis.’ ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

270. Harley MS 221

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 221
Title:
?Geoffrey the Grammarian, Promptorium parvulorum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains a copy of the Promptorium parvulorum, a 15th-century English-Latin dictionary. Several other manuscript copies survive: British Library, Add MS 22556 (imperfect), Harley MS 2274 (fragment) and Add MS 37789 (with the Medulla grammaticae); Cambridge, Emmanuel College, 321....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle and Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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